About Jo

Who do I work with?

Lovely people. Truly. People from all walks of life who find themselves in times of change and challenge. Often deep thinkers, caring people, navigating personal, professional, or even global systemic shifts.

I love what I do and feel deeply fortunate to have been invited into the intimate inner lives of so many wonderful people.

These days I’m entering what might be called eldership. I don’t need to do a lot of coaching, but I find real fulfilment in supporting those whose path leads them to me.

I live in Cambridge, New Zealand with my husband of 30 years and our two fabulous grown children. Like anyone, I’ve had my share of struggles and challenges. Age hasn’t brought the certainty I once hoped for. Instead, it has given me a different kind of wisdom: the recognition that being lost is part of the path, and that life can’t be neatly figured out once and for all. Letting go of that hope has been one of my hardest lessons. I’ve long known this in theory, but I am now truly experiencing it at a deeper level.

At each crossroad or challenge, I find myself relearning the same lifelong lessons. The paradox is that what carries me forward is not more effort or control, but the willingness (courage?) to set down some of my well-worn tools and instead listen to, and trust, myself more humbly.

Alongside my own path, I’ve spent over two decades as a professional coach, working one-to-one with hundreds of clients as they navigate dilemmas, aspirations, transitions, and challenges. My very first byline as a coach was helping you find your way. While I’ve grown and changed a lot since then, in myself and in how I work, that mission still holds true.

But now, I’d add: and helping you find yourself too.

Qualifications & Credentials

• Professional Certified Coach (International Coaching Federation)

• Certified Trauma-Informed Coach (Moving the Human Spirit)

• Certified Enneagram Practitioner (The Narrative Enneagram)

• Qualified Action Inquiry & Global Leadership Profile Coach (Global Leadership Associates)

• Certified Vertical Mindset Indicator Coach (Adeption)

• Results Associate Certified Coach (NeuroLeadership Group)

• Graduate Certificate in Career Development (Auckland University of Technology)

• Conversations at the Growing Edge (Growth Edge Coaching)

• Mindfulness and Somatic Coaching Trained (Mindfulness Coaching)

And:

• Bachelor of Management Studies (Waikato)

• Diploma of Secondary School Teaching (Auckland)